Here’s where the Tamiami Trail is, what to know about its history and why the Florida senator that proposed its name change ...

Google Maps now shows Gulf of America instead of Gulf of Mexico for U.S. residents as Department of Interior officially ...

As a public comment period comes to a close, Florida leaders are pushing back against a new plan for offshore oil drilling.

LONGBOAT KEY, Fla. — The roadway connecting Longboat Key to Sarasota and Manatee counties has long been known as "Gulf of Mexico Drive," but all signs reflecting that name are officially being taken ...

Thirty oil companies, including Chevron, Shell and BP, paid the United States Department of the Interior around $279 million in bids to lease land across the Gulf of Mexico/Gulf of America, despite ...

If the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has its way, a huge swath of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, long considered off limits, will be opened to offshore drilling. A map released Nov. 20 includes a ...

Florida's Panhandle hides quieter stretches of white sand and emerald water where crowds thin out, wildlife thrives, and ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was apparently in Galveston Monday, at least according to a post from his official X account. "Great views today of the Gulf of America from the beautiful Galveston Island," he ...

During its regular town commission workshop on Monday, Longboat Key’s seven commissioners voted unanimously to keep the name Gulf of Mexico Drive. The decision followed weeks of public discussion and ...

LONGBOAT KEY, Fla. (WFLA) — Longboat Key’s town hall workshop meeting could potentially decide whether or not to rename Gulf of Mexico Drive. Due to a new law as a result of House Bill 549, the ...

Florida's top elected officials, all Republicans, say they will work to stop the Trump administration's plan to open new areas in the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil drilling. President Trump has found ...